Apprenticeship Act, 1931

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Rules by apprenticeship committees.

8.—(1) Every apprenticeship committee shall make the following rules, that is to say:—

(a) rules (in this Act referred to as apprenticeship classification rules) declaring that employment in the designated trade for which such committee is established of any specified class of persons in any specified manner shall constitute employment by way of apprenticeship in such trade;

(b) rules (in this Act referred to as rules regulating the period of apprenticeship) in relation to the period (including any probationary period) of employment by way of apprenticeship in such trade in the district of such committee;

(c) rules (in this Act referred to as rules regulating the minimum rates of wages) in relation to the minimum rates of wages (other than wages for overtime) to be paid to persons employed by way of apprenticeship in such trade in such district;

(d) rules (in this Act referred to as rules regulating the maximum hours of work) in relation to the maximum number of hours (exclusive of overtime) which may be worked in any week by persons employed by way of apprenticeship in such trade in such district, but not so as to increase the maximum number of such hours appointed by or under any other enactment.

(2) Every apprenticeship committee may make all or any of the following rules, that is to say:—

(a) rules (in this Act referred to as rules regulating the educational qualifications of apprentices) in relation to the educational qualifications of persons entering on employment by way of apprenticeship in the designated trade for which such committee is established with persons carrying on such trade in the district of such committee;

(b) rules (in this Act referred to as rules regulating the age of entry on apprenticeship) in relation to the age limits within which employment by way of apprenticeship may commence in such trade in such district;

(c) rules (in this Act referred to as rules regulating the training of apprentices) requiring employers carrying on such trade in such district to train and instruct apprentices employed by them in a specified manner;

(d) rules (in this Act referred to as rules regulating the number of apprentices) fixing in relation to any specified employer carrying on such trade in such district the number (in this Act referred to as the standard number) of apprentices whom such committee considers should be employed by such employer in such trade in such district, and such number may, if such apprenticeship committee thinks fit, be expressed as a proportion of the number of persons of any class or classes employed from time to time in such trade in such district by such employer;

(e) rules (in this Act referred to as rules regulating apprenticeship premiums) either—

(i) prohibiting the taking of any fee, premium, or other consideration (in this Act referred to as an apprenticeship premium) in respect of the employment of a person by way of apprenticeship in such trade in such district, or

(ii) permitting the taking of an apprenticeship premium in respect of such employment and fixing the amount of such apprenticeship premium;

(f) rules (in this Act referred to as rules regulating the minimum rates of overtime wages) in relation to the minimum rates of wages for overtime to be paid to persons employed by way of apprenticeship in such trade in such district.

(3) An apprenticeship committee may from time to time by rules made under this section rescind, amend, or add to any rules previously made by them under this section and for the time being in force.

(4) An apprenticeship committee shall not make any rules under this section unless and until one month's notice of the intention to make such rules has been given in accordance with regulations made by the Minister and until they have considered any representations made in relation to such rules received before the expiration of the said period.

(5) Every rule made by an apprenticeship committee under this section shall be submitted to the Minister as soon as may be after it is made and no such rule shall be of any force or effect unless or until it is confirmed by order of the Minister, but on being so confirmed shall come into force on such date (not earlier than the date of such order) as shall be specified in that behalf in such order or, if no such date is so specified, on the date of such order.